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Patrol officers still have video recorders in their cars.

“Down the road, I could see where our patrol officers will have the clip-on cameras along with video recorders in their cars,” Watauga Police Chief Rande Benjamin said. “For us, we just need cameras for our motorcycle officers because they didn’t have any type of video cameras.”

In Texas, 45 to 50 law enforcement agencies use the cameras, according to Heidi Traverso, a spokeswoman for Vievu, the Seattle company that designs and manufactures the cameras.

Across the country, 600 law enforcement agencies have equipped their officers with the cameras, said Traverso, a 15-year Seattle police veteran.

“It’s one switch, no wires, and you clip it on and go,” Traverso said. “It’s a tool that officers will be using.”